INTENTIONAL TIME ALONE WITH GOD

Jeremiah 33:3 "Call unto me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know." Hebrew 13:5 says " Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you." We have a God Who wants to be sought after. He wants our attention and deserves to be "chased after". Jeremiah 33:11 goes on to say Give thanks to the Lord Almighty for the Lord is good and His LOVE ENDURES FOREVER." If I take a moment to stop and ponder what an amazing Creator, Redeemer and Rock I have... I am astounded by his greatness! And yet, He longs to be chased after. He doesn't NEED it. He desires us to love Him with the same tenacious and fierce love in which He loves us. His love endures... not for just a moment, but forever. When we seek after the heart of God... He promises to reveal to us great and mighty things and insight into His very heart. When I fail and decide that I am too busy, distracted and overwhelmed to seek after God, I lose sight that His heart is breaking and He longs to spend time with me, a human being created in His very image.

My son told this story last week during his speech at his commencement. Cameron was such a crazy busy toddler giving "busy" a new meaning. He gave all the nursery workers and baby sitters a run for their money! Cam was in to everything and escaped out of bed, the front door, the back door, the fenced in yard the SS class room... everywhere. He wouldn't just slide down the slide like a normal little child, he would do it standing up with Rollerblades on. Cam had stitches in his head at least 5 times! Because of this little man, we decided pretty quickly that a fence needed to be put up in the back yard. One day, he decided he wanted to go see his friend on the other side and climbed the fence. On the other side was a very very busy main road. I pulled him down off the top of the 8 foot fence 3 times before he got a spanking. When I turned to go back inside the house, he continued to climb... and climb... and climb... after the 21st spanking, I was exhausted and actually considered letting him go over and play in the traffic! jk! On the 22nd time, he put one foot on the rung of the fence and turned around to see if I was watching. I crumbled onto the kitchen floor sobbing. I just couldn't believe that he would do this AGAIN! He then took his foot down and ran over to me. "I sorry mama, I sorry. Don't cry."

I tell you this little story to remind us both that we need to listen and obey God. Spending time with Him is crucial! Reading our Bible, spending time basking in His glory, intentional time of prayer is what I'm talking about. When we don't, we break his heart. Think about it.

On that note: I'm off! to spend some time with my Heavenly Father! How bout you?